Employment Permits (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2019

These Regulations amend the Employment Permits Regulations 2017-2019 to provide for an increase in the minimum annual remuneration thresholds for Critical Skills Employment Permits, extension of the period a vacancy must be advertised on the websites hosted by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, extension to the period after an offer of employment or publication of notice within which an application must be made for academic/3rd level institutions, an adjustment to 101 of the maximum limit of General Employment Permits which may be granted in respect of Dairy Farm Assistant, an adjustment to 300 of the maximum limit of General Employment Permits which may be granted in respect of Boner (Meat), inclusion of private educational institutions on Schedule 3 for Teaching and Educational Professionals in ICT programmes and shorten the required period of validity remaining on foreign national’s passport.